Mayor of the City of St. Louis v. Hempstead

Opinion of the court delivered by

McGirk J.

The Mayor, Aldermen and Citizens of the city of St. Louis, brought an action before the Mayor ol the city of St. Louis, to recover a penalty of ten dollars, imposed on the owners of slaves, for permitting the slaves to drive ánd manage drays. The plaintiffs had judgment before the Mayor, the defendant appealed to the circuit court, where the defendant had judgment, to reverse which, the cause is brought here. By the 12th section of the act of 1825, (R. C. 201,) to incorporate the city of St. Louis, is enacted, that the Mayor and Aldermen, shall have…